Belt-fastening.



W. B. GANEDY.

BELT FASTENING.

APPLICATION FILED 81113120, 1913.

1,097,001 Patented May 19, 1914 i/zZZ/ZZiaZfll/MJ Witnesses lnven or,

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WILLIAM E. CANEDY, 0F BENTON HARBOR, MICHIGAN.

BELT-FASTENING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 19, 1914.

Application filed September 20, 1913. Serial No. 790,913.

T 0 all Q0]! 0172 it may concern:

Be it known that I, \VILLIAM E. CANEDY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Benton Harbor, in the county of Berrien and State of Michigan, have invented anew and useful Belt-Fastening, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention appertains to belt fasteners, and aims to provide a novel and ll'llPlO'VGCl device of that character, possess ing a high degree of efficiency.

It is also within the spirit of the invention to provide a belt fastener which shall be comparatively simple and inexpensive, as well as lasting or durable in use.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a fastener comprising a plurality of elements which may be readily secured to the ends of a belt, in connection with means for pivotally connecting the respective elements to permit of proper flexibility between the ends of the belt.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view, which will be apparent as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention has been illustrated inits preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a plan view of the improved fastener, as applied to the ends of a belt. Fig. 2 is a sectional detail taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view of one of the fastener elements in blank. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the fastener elements partially bent to form.

Referring specifically to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates a pulley belt, or the like, the ends of which are attached through the medium of the improved fastener. This improved fastener embodies a plurality of U-shaped elements 2, preferably stamped from sheet metal, as suggested in Figs. 3 and 4. Each of the fastener elements 2 has'a flexible prong 3 at one end, and a laterally projecting or offset portion 4 at its other end, the portion 4 being provided with the prong 5 similar to the prong 3.

Thus, the prongs 3 and 5 are offset with respect to one another, the prong 3 lying approximately in the longitudinal median line of the member 2, while the prong 5 is disposed to one side of the said median line, or parallel therewith. The arm or end p0rtion of the member 2 having the prong 3, is provided with a laterally projecting ear 6, the ear projecting in the same direction as the offset portion 4. The fastener elements 2 are arranged in pairs, as clearly lllustrated in. Fig. 1, any .number of pairs of fastener elements being employed, according to the width of the particular belt. The fastener elements of each pair, are right and left handed, the prong 5 and ear 6 of each element being disposed adjoining the bend of the associate element 2. The respective fastener elements 2 attached to the two ends of the belt, are adapted to be coupled or connected by means of a pin' 7, as will presently appear.

In practice, each end vided with a series of apertures or openings 8 punched therethrough, to assist in attaching the elements 2 to the ends of the belt. Prior to the attachment of the fastener elements 2 to the ends of the belt, the elements are opened, as suggested in Fig. 4, and the prongs 3 and 5 are bent approximately at right angles to the arms or end portions of the members 2.

In applying the elements 2 to the ends of the bolt, the said elements are brought over the ends of the belt, and have their arms or end portions pressed together so as to clamp the ends of the belt, the prongs 3 and 5 being passed through the respective apertures or orifices 8. The prongs 3 are bent underneath the opposite arms or end portions of the fastener elements 2, so that their tips or points engage within the end portions of the belt, while the prongs 5 are adaptcd'to be bent underneath the ears 6, in order that their tips or points may engage the end portions of the belt, as suggested in Figs. 1 and 2. The tips of the prongs are thus securely embedded within the end portions of the belt, and after the fastener elements have been properly applied to the ends of the belt, the bights or bends of the elements 2 may be interengaged, as seen in Fig. 1, to permit the pin 7 to be inserted theretln'ough. After the pin 7 has been inserted through of the belt 1 is protener Will not encumber the belt, and will permit the belt to be trained in various manners about pulleys and other similar parts. lVith the present fastener, the strain will be properly divided or distributed between the respective fastener elements, whereby the tendency to tear the ends of the belt, Will be reduced to a minimum.

From the foregoing, taken in connection with the drawing, the other advantages and features incident to the present invention, Will be apparent to those versed in the art, and need not be described at length, it being noted that the objects aimed at have been carried out satisfactorily.

Having thus described the invention,

What is claimed as new is:

1. A belt fastener element comprising a U-shaped member having a prong and a laterally pro ect1ng ear at one end, and having an offset portion at its other end projecting in the same direction as the ear, said offset portion having a prong.

2. In combination With a belt, a series of U-shaped fastener elements straddling the respective ends of the belt, and arranged in pairs, each element having aprong at one end clenched through the belt; under the other end of the element, and having a laterally projecting ear at the'first mentioned end, the element having an offset at the last mentioned end projecting in the same direction as the ear, and the offset portion having a prong clenched through the belt underneath the ear, the ear and last mentioned prong of each element being disposed adjoining the bend of the associate element, and a pin passed through the bends of the said elements. 1

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

' XVILLIAM E. GANEDY.

Witnesses:

J. B. Cowman,

J. O. Bisnor.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner ofPatents.

Washington, I). C. 

